"internally, please rename."
            )
        overall = set(values["input_variables"]).intersection(
            values["partial_variables"]
        )
        if overall:
            raise ValueError(
                f"Found overlapping input and partial variables: {overall}"
            )
        return values
[docs]    def partial(self, **kwargs: Union[str, Callable[[], str]]) -> BasePromptTemplate:
        """Return a partial of the prompt template."""
        prompt_dict = self.__dict__.copy()
        prompt_dict["input_variables"] = list(
            set(self.input_variables).difference(kwargs)
        )
        prompt_dict["partial_variables"] = {**self.partial_variables, **kwargs}
        return type(self)(**prompt_dict)
    def _merge_partial_and_user_variables(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        # Get partial params:
        partial_kwargs = {
            k: v if isinstance(v, str) else v()
            for k, v in self.partial_variables.items()
        }
        return {**partial_kwargs, **kwargs}
[docs]    @abstractmethod
    def format(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
        """Format the prompt with the inputs.
        Args:
            kwargs: Any arguments to be passed to the prompt template.
        Returns:
            A formatted string.
        Example:
        .. code-block:: python
            prompt.format(variable1="foo")
        """
    @property
    @abstractmethod
    def _prompt_type(self) -> str:
        """Return the prompt type key."""
[docs]    def dict(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Dict:
        """Return dictionary representation of prompt."""
        prompt_dict = super().dict(**kwargs)
        prompt_dict["_type"] = self._prompt_type